Patent · US Expired

Endoscopic device

US5667475A · kind A · utility

20Cited by

8References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

ETB Endoskopische Technik GmbH Berlin · DE

Inventors

Helmut Laser · Berlin, DE
Gerald Hauer · Weilheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 27, 1995
Grant date	Sep 16, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 27, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B1/313
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An instrument for endoscopic subfascial discission of perforans veins (ESDP) consists of a surgical endoscope (1) and a tube (9). The surgical endoscope (1) contains an optical image recording and transmission system, a fiber-optic lighting system and a working channel (4). A lateral handle (14) forms in an obtuse angle with the surgical endoscope and has at least one reproduction and lighting system (8, 6) guided to coupling spots (5, 7) provided at the proximal end of tube instrument. The distal end of the tube (9) extends beyond the distal end of be surgical endoscope (1) and is designed as a thicker, atraumatic lip (10) that contains a suction channel (12) diametrically arranged to a front lens system (16) and connected through a space (11) between the shaft (2) and the tube (9) to a connection fitting (13) for a suction hose (15).

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